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yob

yob

See also: YOB, YoB, Y.O.B., and Y. O. B.

English

Noun

yob ‎(plural yobs)

(pejorative, chiefly Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A person who engages in antisocial behavior/behaviour and/or drunkenness.
- 2010, Paul R. Wilson, The Birthday of Eternity, page 209
  As we left the cemetary, I heard an elderly gravedigger muttering back slang to himself before Lucien's headstone. "Bloody shame, ain't it? Doubt the yob did much living by eighteen."
  I corrected the man, saying, “No fear, that yob did plenty of living.”

Synonyms

(standard register): hooligan
(British): tearaway, chav
(Chiefly Australian slang): yobbo
(Geordie slang): charva

Derived terms

Translations

antisocial person

Finnish: huligaani (fi)
French: voyou (fr) m asocial (fr) m , houligan (fr) m, paumé (fr) m, pauv'type m, loubard (fr) m, blouson noir m, casseur (fr) m
German: Halbstarker (de) m, Halbstarke f, Rabauke (de) m, Rabaukin f, Rowdy (de) m, Rowdyin f, Randalierer (de) m, Randaliererin f, Hooligan (de) m, Hooliganin f, Hool m, Hoolin f

Greek: μάγκας (el) m ‎(mánkas)
Italian: monello (it) m, birichino (it) m
Russian: хулига́н (ru) m ‎(xuligán), го́пник (ru) m ‎(gópnik)
Spanish: vándalo m, gamberro (es) m, golfo (es) m, granuja (es) m (Spain), patotero (es) m, hincha (es) m (Peru, River Plate region)
Swedish: buse (sv) c, bråkstake (sv) c

Anagrams

boy
byo, BYO

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